Annotator for commercial phonographs.



1171.1. 111111111111 A. B;jC 11URCH. ANNOTATH FOR COMMERCIAL P'HONOGRAPHS.

A APPLICTION FlLvED SEPT. l5. 19.15-

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wl. L. HUNTER H A. B. CHURCH.

ANNOTATOR FOR COMMERCIAL PHONOGRAPHS.

v APPLICATION FIL'ED SEPT. 15, l9l5.

Patented-Heb. 13,1917.

WITNESSES;

M.L.'wumn,& A. CHURCH.' UANNOTATOR FOR COMMERCIAL PHONUGRAPHS.

`MPLICATlON FILED SEPT-15, R915;A

Patented Feb. 13, 1917.

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Patente Feb. 13, '1917.

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wLqL Humm & A; CHU-HCH. Amway/mama COMMERCIAL PHoNoGAPHs.

APPucATmp H LvED SEPT. 15. 1,915.

Y Patented Feb. 13, 1917.

i SHEETS-SHEET 5 www \VITNESSES w1. L.'HUNTER L A. B. CHURCH. ANNOTAIOH FOR OIVIIJI{RCI/XL'PHONOGRAPHS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. I5. 1915,.

Patented 11910.13, 1917.

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VITNESSES:

ATTORNEY s MARTHA it. MUMTna Ann ALBEaT n. CHUnCM, 'or SAM FnAMCTsCC, CALTToaMTA.

AMMoTATon rca COMMERCIAL rrr'oMoaaArHs.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patientnadlllioelb. 13, 11H91 W.,

Application led September 15, 1915. Serial No. 50,780.

To all whom t may concern Beit known that we, MARTHA L. HUNTER and ALBERT B. CHURCH, `citizens of the United States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco and State of .California, have invented new and useful lmprovements in Annotators for Commercial Phonographs, of which the following is a specification.

This y invention phonographs.

The object of this invention is to provide, in connection with a. `commercial phonograph, means movable by the traveling head thereof to traverse a memo sheet and operable by the dictator to mark upon said sheet various instructions applying to the matters contained in the phonograph record,

relates to commercial and means whereby, from said memo sheet containing vthe instructions, the transcriber may locate upon the record the position of the matters to which said instructions apply.

ll-leretofore it has been proposed to supply a specially printed sheet, properly ruled and A provided with stock phrases, said sheet to receive upon its face penciled marks made by the dictator to convey the necessary in- Y formation relative to the matters in the record for the lconvenience of the transcriber. Great diiiculty has been encountered by users of this memo sheet in properly marking it and also in locating from the marks thereon the position in the phonograph record of the matters to which such marks apply.-

ln the present invention this objection has been overcome by the provision of mechanical means for carrying on these operations, whereby greater precision and accuracy are obtained. y

lin carrying out thev object of this invention 'we vemploy a holder, fastened vto the boX of the phonograph, to receive sheets of memo paper; a marking device movable with the traveling head of the phonograph toV traverse the memo sheet, said marking device embodying keys for printing upon the sheetl the necessary instructions; and means also movable with the traveling head of the phonograph tov indicate in advance to the transcriber the 'exact position and location on the phonograph record of the matters to which the marks on the sheet apply.y

Two forms which our invention may as-l sume are exeniplied inthe :followingy de-V scription and illustrated in the accompanylng drawings, 1n whiche Figure 1 shows a front elevation of the attachment applied to a dictating machine. Fig. 2 shows a view of the memo sheet i employed.

Fig. 3 shows a side elevation of the device 4illustrated in Fig. l.

` Fig. 4 shows a cross sectional view of the holder and marking device employed in connection with a dictating machine.

Fig. 5 shows a detail view of the sliding connection between the marking device and the holder', illustrating also the inking ribbon and marking keys in end elevation.

Fig. G shows a 'front elevation of the vtranscribing attachment'applied to a phonolvice illustrated in Fig. 8.

Fig. 1l shows a detail view, illustrating the method 'of detachably connecting the holder to a phonograph box.

In the drawings, a phonograph is shown comprising aboX 10, a cylindrical record 11, and a movable head 12. The latter in one case .(Fig's. 1 and 3) is provided with a recorder 13 and in the other case (Figs.

6 and 7) with a reproducer 14. Attached to the front side of the boX, by suitable brackets 1 5 and thumb-screws16, is a holder 17 (see Figs. 1 and 3) to receive a tray 18 designed, to contain a pad of memo sheets 19, one of which is shown in Fig. 2. A pair of rods 2O extend across the holder and upon them is slidably mounted, by means of bearings 21,` amar-king device 22, carrying at its nunder side an endless ribbon 23 running over said bearings 21 and encircling the tray, said ribbon being designed to contain ink. included in the marking device is a series of spring-pressed keys 24, spaced apart in a vertical direction and positioned to contact with the upper run of the ribbon, when depressed, to therebymark upon the exposed sheet of paper in the tray.

of the device A bifurcated head 25, on the marking device, embraces the recording attachment `13L of the phonograph, and thus as the stock phrase as length, corr-ection, ad-

dition, etc., andthe memo sheet 19 may be ruled and printed accordingly,l or may be merely a blank slip of paper. Depressing a key 24 willimprint upon the sheet'19 a mark, such as shown at 26, on said sheet which will indicate to the transcriber inV advance some special instruction concerning the dictation. For instance, the correction key indicates any change made in the dictation; the rushkey indicates special dictation which it is desired to be transcribed in advance of the others; the wire k'ey immediately locates any Atelegrams so that they may be transcribed Without delay.

The remaining keys are believed to be selfexplanatory.

The sheet 19 thus marked is a panorama of the contents of the phonograph record. It readily indicates whether a letter should be single or double spaced by reason of the v length of the communication; the location.

of letters and telegrams which lshould be transcribed first; letters of which eXtra copies are required, thereby obviating double work in rewriting; additions, which' otherwise would require the time for replacing the letter in the ltypewriter; and

especial corrections vwhich are annoying,

necessitating erasures, spoiling the sheet, or

actually rewriting the letter and the loss of the time and stationery.

. When the phonograph record is completed, the operator removes the same and insertsthe sheet of memo paper corresponding theretowithin the cylinder, and when transferring the record to the transcribing machine, the memo sheet is introduced in a holder 27 (see"Figs. Gand 7 detachably connected to the box 10 ina manner similar to the holder 17 and corresponding in position thereto. `The holder 27 comprises a base plate, on the ends of which are springpressed clips 27a for retaining the sheet in a `flattened position thereon. Rigidly connected to the reproducing device 14 of the transcribing machine is an indicator plate 28 positioned to travel across the holder and provided with indicating notches 29,labeled to correspond with the keys of the marking device. Thus the operator is enabled to locate the position of the various matters in the record to which the marks on the memo sheet apply merely by sliding the reproducing device, to which the indicator plate is attached upon the record, until the notches on said plate register with the various marks onthe paper. Now, these marks, while here shown in the form of dots, may be of any nature or may be the printed word itself.

In Figs. 8 and 10 is shown a different form of dictating machine, in which the recorder 13 and reproducer 11 are embodied in a single head 30., For the purpose of attaching our device to this machine, a special plate 31 is employed embodying both keys 24 and notches 29. A connecting plate 32 extends from bearing to bearing beneath the plate 31, and rigidly connected thereto is 4an arm 33 extending up overv the cylinder and detachably connected, by a clip 34 and thumb screw 35, to the arm of the traveling head 30. The recorder and reproduccr being pivotd to the head 30 are free to be swung into position when a connection of this form is used. In this modification the operation is the saine as in the other, but the construction is simpler in that two devices are coin- Abined in one.

Other modifications may be employed without departing from the spirit of our claims.

.nected rigidly with the marking means for .moving the latter across the sheet in said holder.

2. The combination with a commercial phonograph, having a rotatable element and a traveling element, of a memo sheet holder, and a marking-device movable with the trav- 'invention as disclosed in the appendedl eling element of the phonograph and traversing the sheet in the holder, whereby the dictator may mark upon said sheet a variety of instructions pertaining to the phonograph record, said marking device comprising an upwardly and forwardly inclined plate at the front of 'the phonograph and a series of y depressible printing keys thereon arranged in staggered relation for compactness.

3. In comblnation with a commercial phonograph having a rotatable element and a traveling element, a holder detachably connectedto the boX thereof, a tray removably received in said holder and adapted to receive a pad of memo sheets, and a marking device comprising a plate and a series of l printing keys thereon, said plate being con- Leimen phonograph and slidably mounted on said holder tomove across said sheets, whereby.

i theoperator may imprint upon the exposed sheet various instructions vapplying to thematters contained in the record of l.said phonograph. r ln combination with a commeroia i phonograph having a rotatable element and a traveling element, a holder detachably con `neeted to the boxthereof and adapted to re# device being provided with means whereby the operator may imprint upon the-slieel vvarious instructions applying to the matters? contained inthe phonograph record.-

5.. In combination with a kcommercial phonograph'having la rotatable element ,and

a traveling element, a holder attached thereto, a ltray in said holder adapted' toreceivea memo sheet, rods 'extending across -said holder, a plate slidable, on said4 rods, sleeve connections between said plate and rods,v a connection between said plate and the travelsety ourv 'hands yinthe ing element,l a series of depressible marking keys on said'platc, whereby the operator may vimprint various instructions on the sheet apvplyingto the matters contained in the phonograph record, and an' endless .inking ribbon The combination with a commercial ltraveling element to move across said holder,

runningoversaid sleeves and encompassing said tray to coact withthemarking keys.

35 phonograph having a rotatable element and a'traveling element, of a .holderv detachably iconnectedthereto and adapted to .receive a ',ceive va memo sheet, rodsextendin'g across said" holder, and a'marking device slidable 011, 'said rods and `connected to the traveling element of the phonograph, said marking-'11S said plate havinga series of printing keys' Y iit'o mark upon the sheet and -a series of pointi ers on its'front edgeto correspond with the '.positionsjof-said keys. j

f" ln 'testimony whereof we have hereunto presence of two sub-- scribingwitnesses. A ,i 4. I 'MARTHA L. HUNTER. I I ALBERT B. CHURCH. "Witnesses: l l l JOHN H. HERRING,

W. W. HEALEY. 

